-- and the future is the past. [p, honeyveil's family.]

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    Honeyveil's pale green eyes were locked on her small white paws, her entire body unnaturally still. Except for the slight rise and fall of her sides and an occasional blink, she might have been a statue. The wind ruffled her long pelt, tugging and tangling the strands. Right now, the small queen didn't care. There was a dull, aching pain in her heart: she had betrayed them, betrayed them all, because of her stupid tendency to trust strangers. What would Phoenixheart say? What would her children say? They were barely three moons old, not ready for something like this, but 'this' – it wasn't something she could hide for much longer. And she had other plans to make, as well; a battle had been raging within her mind as she struggled to decide whether it was safer to remain in WindClan or move to a more isolated proClan.



    The thin torbie calico stood a few paces away, her eyes on her mother. What was so bad that Aledakit's bright, cheerful mother – a cat she'd never seen like this before – looked as if the weight of the world had suddenly been placed on her shoulders? Dealing with the stress and uncertainty in the way that made her feel the most empowered, the young she-cat was ready to lash out with sharp words at any mildly sympathetic cat, whether they were family, friend, or stranger.

    [justify]Soliloquykit sat beside her sister, eyes locked on her mother. She didn't like seeing her mother so still, and in all honesty it was scaring Lilo. "Are you okay?" She asked, twitching her ears. Suddenly, a thought came to her and a smile spread across her dainty features. "Are we going back home?" Excitement coursed through Soliloquykit and she wriggled in her spot, hoping that they could go back to ThunderClan. Maybe the warriors had gone against Fierceheart and drove him out of ThunderClan. Well, she could hope.[/justify]

    The queen flinched slightly at her daughter's voice. "No," Honeyveil meowed flatly, not even bothering to inject any hopefulness or energy into the word. "We aren't going home. I'm sorry, sweetie." Still not looking up, she continued in a monotone. "I need to tell you both something, but I'll wait and see if your sister and brother show up. It's something I'd rather not repeat."



    Aledakit shifted. What the h*ll was wrong with her mother? Honeyveil was never like this. Her eyes slid sideways towards her sister, a question evident. What's up with Mom? her eyes said. She was just a few seconds from bluntly asking what was wrong with her mother, but something held her back. Still, there had better be a good reason behind her mother's mood.

    Cogentkit scrambled to meet her mother and sisters, her blue eyes lighting up like fireworks. "Where are we going, Mommy? Home?" she exclaimed, her tail flicking with optimism. She truly hoped that they would go back to ThunderClan, but in her heart she knew this wasn't so. "Lilo, Aleda? Do you know where we're going?" little Coco questioned.

    "Not home," was all Aledakit could offer her sister. "That's all I know." Lee sometimes wondered why they referred to ThunderClan as their home. After all, she and her littermates had spent two of their three moons in WindClan: her few memories of ThunderClan were blurred and hazy. Would she and her siblings ever be considered normal ThunderClanners after spending so much time in WindClan? She didn't want to be a weirdo.

    "Oh..." Coco pondered this for a moment. Where could they be going? They always seemed to be going somewhere unexpected, that was for sure. Probably someplace interesting... exciting... and although she hated admitting it- dangerous.
    The small kit frowned, before looking up at her mother with wide blue eyes. "Can you tell us? Pretty please! Pretty please with a cherry on top!" she begged, her negotiating hopefully becoming too much for her mother. "Lee, Lilo and I really really realllllly want to know!" she exclaimed.

    Honeyveil's tired green eyes roamed over her three pretty daughters. "I was— well, you're going to be big sisters," she finally whispered, barely loud enough for her words to be intelligible. "And we're moving to DarkClan with pro-WindClan." She returned to dully examining the ground beneath her paws, silently awaiting the expected barrage of questions and wondering if she had the energy required to actually answer them.



    Aledakit gaped at her mother before looking towards her sisters for their reactions. No way! You're not supposed to have more kittens until we're apprentices, and we're supposed to be in ThunderClan, she silently wailed, wondering where their stepfather was when they needed him. He could explain this more thoroughly, couldn't he? Anything was better than Honeyveil's abbreviated explanations – if they could even be called explanations.

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    The red tabby tom barely heard Honeyveil's mew, and he felt his claws dig deep into the soft ground beneath him. Phoenixheart growled and slashed the bark strait off a nearby tree is anger, then he stepped on the bark. He continued this process until it was splinters. The tabby stalked up to Honeyveil with blazing green eyes. "Who forced you?" He growled deeply to the pregnant queen. Then he let his spiked fur lie flat, and the fire in his eyes died down.


    Cricketkit stood in horror at his mother's words, and he turned to see Phoenixheart lashing out in anger. The cinnamon tom watched his stepfather with curious blue eyes, then he turned back to the blue tabby. "Uh oh." He whimpered as The red tabby stalked up to Honeyveil.

    "Remotepaw," the answer was barely audible, and Honeyveil was too nervous to meet Phoenixheart's eyes. If he blamed her and left her, she didn't know what she was going to do. "I'm moving Lee, Coco, Lilo, and Cricket to DarkClan."


    Honeyveil paused, glancing around at her daughters and son, before nervously whispering, "Are you...angry?"

    He turned to his mate with soft green eyes. "You? Never. Him? Unbearably." Phoenixheart meowed and nuzzled her. Vengeance seared him like scarlet flames, and he could imagine his claws sinking into the r.apist's flesh eagerly. But, he could never do such a thing. He was a loyal ThunderClan warrior, he would never do such a crime. No matter how much he wanted to.

    [justify]Lilo didn't quite understand the concept of 'forcing', and so she just shrugged it off. "When are you gonna have the kits?" She asked excitedly, grinning. "Can I help you look after them?" Soliloquykit liked the idea of being a big sister, although she had a few questions. "Mum," she began, tilting her head to one side. "How did you get pregnant? Did you ask StarClan for kits? Did you ask them for us?"


    Once she had asked her questions, Soliloquykit registered what had been said about DarkClan. They were moving again? Oh well, it meant that she would know all about other Clans when she was older. "What's DarkClan like?" The female asked, twitching her ears.[/justify]

    "Your moving to Darkclan? Leaving your two sisters and our kittens?" Temptationbreath questioned, looking up from her nest, a look of pure disgust shining on her maw. "Why Darkclan? Why not Thunderclan? Things are going to get better...Your not a Windclanner, you'll never fit in there, never," she said, disappointment ringing her tone.


    Young Eratokit stuck next to her mothers side, eyes firmly planted on Honeyveil, not revealing any emotion, nor movement. The toasty bristling that her mother's pelt supplied made her snuggled into it, she didn't want to look at her aunt anymore.

    Homeyveil nodded silently, brushing against her mate as she stepped towards her daughters. "Of course, Lilo, of course. I'm going to be counting on you and your siblings," she answered her daughter, forcing herself to inject a bit of enthusiasm into her tone. Her daughter's next questions filled Honeyveil's green eyes with tears. "No. You don't ask StarClan for kittens, sweetie."


    Temptationbreath's words were enough to cause the blue and white tabby's ears to flatten to her head. "If I was just caring for myself, I'd still be in ThunderClan. But I will not have my kittens apprenticed and marched into battle; staying in Fierceheart's ThunderClan is not worth that to me."

    "Have you heard of Pro-Thunderclan? Where the leader, Sorrelstar actually cares for her cats? Yes, that is where I am going, with you or without you..." Temptationbreath said, her blue and white tail lashing threw the air. "I thought you were better then that...I thought you were braver then that," she whispered, hurt glistening in her bright green eyes.


    Without further word, she left.


    "I'll be in Pro-Thunderclan, fighting to protect the ones I love, my kittens and Rapidflare," she called bitterly.

    Coco trembled, her body shaking as she watched Temptationbreath arguing with Honeyveil. "Why's everyone upset?" Cogentkit whined, pawing at her mother's belly impatiently. "I don't want to go to DarkClan! Puh-lease don't make us go! I want to go back home, to ThunderClan!"
    The she-kit stared at Temptationbreath as she walked away, half longing to follow her and go to Pro-ThunderClan. "Mommy, why can't we go to Pro-ThunderClan like Temptation? It sounds nice." she asked hopefully, gazing at her mother with convincing round blue eyes. All these transitions between clans were confusing the poor kit, and she simply wanted a place to live that she could call her own. Coco wondered where DarkClan was- was it far? Were the cats there nice? Was Remotepaw friendly?

    Honeyveil's green eyes tracked her sister as she rocked back and forth, tempted to dart after Temptationbreath and repair their friendship. "Please don't run off after your aunt, Coco," she requested. Bringing this litter and a new one back to ThunderClan territory would be a relief – to be back in a place she was familiar with, where she intended for her kittens to grow up.


    "Coco, you want to go home?" she finally asked. "Lee, Lilo, Cricket? Phoenixheart?"



    Aledakit nodded eagerly. Home sounded good to her.

    "Yesss!" Coco exclaimed, jumping up and down with excitement. "Are you for real?"
    The little she-kit stared up at Honeyveil disbelievingly. It was almost... to good to be true. Was she getting her hopes up? Right now ThunderClan life sounded ideal.

    "This is pro-ThunderClan we're going to, remember. Fierceheart still controls the main ThunderClan," Honeyveil reminded her daughter.

    [justify]A lot had been said since Lilo has asked her questions, and she was still wondering where kits came from. But at that moment, the prospect of going home cleared all other thoughts from her mind. "Yeah, I wanna go back to ThunderClan," Soliloquykit exclaimed, leaping up and waving her tail in the air behind her. The strange thing was, she couldn't really remember what ThunderClan was like. But that just made it even more exciting. "What's it like?" She asked, tilting her head. All she had really known was ThunderClan nursery apart from when they had ventured to WindClan, but she couldn't even remember that clearly. "Will the cats be nice to us?"[/justify]

    "You don't understand...Fierceheart is dead! There is no main Thunderclan! It is Pro-Thunderclan...That is all!" Temptationbreath called once again, her voice full of annoyance and despair...She hated fighting, but Honey just didn't understand.